Combined pocket implement.



N0. 65l,429. Patented June 12, I900.

W. F. WATSON.

COMBINED POCKET IMPLEMENT.

(Application filed Feb. 27, .1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT UEEICE.

WILLIAM F. WATSON, OF TIDIOUTE, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED POCKET IMPLEMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,429, dated June 12,1900.

Application filed February 27, 1900. Serial No. 6,715. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. WATSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tidioute, in the county of Warren and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Combined Pocket Implement, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a combined pocket implement, and is design edfor the purpose of obtaining a compact and convenient device of thecharacter set forth for manicure and other purposes; and the particularfeature of construction is the provision of a file-surface on the outerexposed edge of the back-spring of a knife-blade, to therebyavoidimpairment of the said blade by application of nail-file teeth thereto,as in ordinary constructions, and also to extend the sides of the bodyfor supporting the knife-blade at one end and forming them into tweezermembers.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of an implementembodying the features of the invention and showing the knife-bladeopen. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the improved device as shown arrangedby Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section of the improveddevice.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several views.

The numeral 1 designates the body or handle for supporting the parts andcomprises 0pposite fiat sides 2, which are extended at the rear in theform of tweezer-jaws 3,which have features of construction common todevices of this character. The portions of the sides 2 which areextended to form the tweezers are reduced and gradually taper toward therear free ends of said tweezers, as clearly shown by Fig. 3. The sides 2arefastened to and held spaced apart by an intermediate backspring 4,which has its rear end 5 extended downwardly to form a closure betweenthe said sides 2 at a point Where the formation of the tweezer-jawsbegins in order to give the latter sulficient support and hold themequally spaced apart from top to bottom to preserve a uniformity ofresilient action. The opposite extremity of the back-spring 4 is looseand coacts with the adjacent part of the knifeblade 6, which ispivotally held between the sides 2 after the manner of ordinary devicesof this character, and if dcsired,another blade I may be similarlyapplied and which will depend upon the proportions of the-device as anentirety.

The outer edge 7 of the back-spring 4 for a greater portion of itslength is formed with file-teeth 8, which extend transversely thereofand adapted for use in smoothing the nail ends during manicureoperations. By locating the file-teeth 8 on the back-spring, as setforth, the operation of the said spring is not in the least obstructedor interfered with and the blade 6 is left free of such teeth, andthereby unimpaired, and can be used with more advantage in trimming orparing the nails. IVhen the blade is not in use, it is turned in betweenthe sides 2 and shielded in a man ner which will be understood, and thusthe entire device will be reduced to compactform for insertion in thepocket.

It is proposed to make the improved implement of suitable material of adurable na ture and also ornament or embellish it with suitable design.Though the preferred form of the implement has been shown and de-'scriptively disclosed, it is obviously apparent that changes in theform,- size, proportions, and minor details may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the principle of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is As animproved article of manufacture, a combined manicure implement havingsides extended at one end to form tweezers, a knifeblade pivotallymounted between the opposite extremities of the sides, and a backspringsecured to the sides and provided with file-teeth cut transverselythereof, the end of the back-spring adjacent to the blade-joint beingfree to perform its function in relation to the blade and the oppositeend depending between the sides and forming an end closure at the innerlimit of the tweezer portions or extensions to protect the point of theblade when closed and facilitate the yielding operation of the tweezers.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. WATSON.

Witnesses:

FRANK EMERSON, W. R. Dawson.

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